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12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers  Cover Image Book Book

12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers / Doug Stanton

Stanton, Doug, (author.).

Summary:

Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501179952
  • ISBN: 1501179950
  • Physical Description: xxi, 534 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
  • Edition: First Pocket Books paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Pocket Books, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan"--Title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Key players -- Uprising -- Going to war -- Horsemen, ride -- Danger close -- Gates of Mazar -- Ambush.
Subject: United States. Army. Special Forces > History > 21st century.
Afghan War, 2001- > Cavalry operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001- > Aerial operations, American.
Afghan War, 2001- > Personal narratives, American.
Special operations (Military science) > Afghanistan > History > 21st century.
Soldiers > United States > History > 21st century.
Soldiers > Afghanistan > History > 21st century.
Urban warfare > Afghanistan > Mazār-i Sharīf > History > 21st century.
Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) > History, Military > 21st century.
Genre: Personal narratives.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Castlegar Public Library 958.1047 STA (Text) 35146002074748 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -


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